The US Department of Agriculture is restoring funding that it paused to the University of Maine, Sen. Susan Collins announced Wednesday.

The restoration occurred after Collins consulted with the White House, according to the senator.

Funding was paused on March 11, following threats from President Donald Trump over the state’s refusal of an executive order banning transgender athletes from competing in women’s and girls’ sports at public schools and universities.

The university system said it is in compliance with all state and federal laws.

The pause in funding was an “unnecessary distraction from our essential education, research and extension activities that benefit Maine and well beyond," said Chancellor Dannel Malloy and University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy in a joint statement issued Wednesday.

“At no point since USDA announced its Title IX compliance review on Feb. 22 has that Department, or any other party, alleged any violation by Maine’s public universities of Title IX or any other federal or state law,” the system stated, adding that it “has not been directly contacted by USDA regarding its compliance review since Feb. 26.”

The system has $63 million in active USDA awards, mostly at the University of Maine, with about $35 million remaining to be paid out.

Collins said funding supports programs including research into PFAS contamination, potatoes, blueberries, apples, building materials, 4-H and UMaine’s Tick Lab.

“This USDA funding is critically important not only to the University of Maine, but to our farmers and loggers, as well as to the many people who work in Maine’s agriculture, aquaculture, and forestry industries,” Collins said. “Now that funding has been restored, the work that the University does in partnership with the many people and communities who depend on these programs can continue.”